Railway-rail anchor.



A. R. HORN. RAILWAY RAIL ANCHOR.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 13, 1913. mgymy, Patented Dec. 29, 1914.

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RAILWAY RAIL ANCHOR.

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' n-aznwnmrtam ancnon being had to the accompanying drawings,

' which fori'i a sari; of this specification.

My invention has for its object to produce astrong, simple, andeiiicient device which may readily be attached to a railway rail, forpreventing a railway rail from creep- 1n ilhe various features ofnovelty whereby my invention is characterized-will hereinafter bepointed out with particularity in the claims; but, for a fullunderstanding of my invention and of its objeotandadvantages, referencemay be had to the following detailed description taken in connectionwith the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is a transverse section taken through a railway rail adjacentto one of the ties, the rail having thereon an anchor arranged inaccordance with'one form of my invention; Fig. 2 is a side elevation ofthe parts shown in Fig. 1, the tie being in section; Fig. 3 is a topplan view of the parts shown in Figs. 1 and 2; Fig. 4 is a section takenapproximately on line 4--4 of Fig. 1; Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig.1, showing a slightly modified form of anchor; and Fig; 6 is a top planView of the parts shown in Fig. 5.

Referring to the drawings, 1 represents a C-shaped member preferably inthe form of a casting having strengthening ribs, 2, upon th exterior.The jaw in the member 1 is sbjaped to fit upon one side of the baseflange of arailway rail, the lower member 3 being horizontal and theupper member, 4, inclined! The upper jaw member is made hollow so as toprovide an internal chamber, 5, open on the side adapted to engage thetop of the-base flange of the rail, the chamber being closed at the endsand having its top wall inclined in the direction of the length-of therail and also inclined in the transverse direction so as to make thesame angle with the horizontal as the top of the base flange of therail. In the chamber 5 is a roller, 6, having a length approximatelyspecification of Letters recent.

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in using the device, the roller is placed in the chamber in the anchorand the latter is then slipped upon the edge of the railbase with theside atwhich the smaller end of the chamber is located engaging with therailway tie, the roller resting]- upon the top of the rail base. If therail starts to move forward, it carries the roller toward the smallerand of the chamber, wedging the roller tightly between the top of thebase flange and the top wall of the chamber and at these-me time drawingthe bottom jaw of the anchor tightly against the under side of the railbase.

n order to permit a large roller to be used, I prefer to make adepression, 7, in the upper face of the lower jaw of the anchor, thedepression 7 extending inwardly from the outer edge of the jaw and beinglarge enough'to receive a considerable portion of theroller.Consequently the roller may be inserted in the anchor through thedepression and the overlying portion of the aw opening without limitingthe diameter of the roller to the widths of the jaw open-- ing. Thedepression is preferably placed just beneath the shallow end of thechamber in the -anchor so that when the roller is inserted and slippedtoward. the large end of the chamber it cannot accidentally drop outthrough the jaw opening.

The anchor, consisting of two simple parts serves eifectively to preventcreeping of the rail as long as the anchor is held in operative relationto the rail in a direction transverse of the rail. The anchor may besecured in, operative relation to the rail in anydesired way.

In Figsl, 2 and 3 I have illustrated the anchor as having a lateralprojection or ear, 8, which is adapted to fit over the'upper corner ofthe tie 9 and be secured thereto by a spike or other fastening means,10.

In the arrangement shown in Figs. 5 and 6, the anchor. is secured to therail by means of an arm, 11, extending beneath the base, 12, of a railandhaving its free end bent around the edge of the base flange oppositeto that on which the anchor is located.

As I have heretofore said, any desired form of holding means for theanchor may be employed since the holding means serves simply to maintainthe anchor in proper relation to the rail and does not necessarily serveas one of the elements adapted to increase the grip on the rail as therail tends to creep.

I claim:

1. A device of the character described comprising a C-shaped member thelower gage with the bottom of a rail base and'the upper 1aw of which hasa wall inclined in the direction of the length of a rail, and a rolleradapted to be placed between said wall and the top of the base flange ofa rail restingon the lower jaw.

2. A device of the character described comprising a C-shaped member thelower jaw of which has a horizontal upper surface to engage with theunder side of a rail base, the upper jaw having a surface in clined inthe transverse direction at the same angle as the upper face of the baseflange of a rail and also inclined in the direction lengthwise of therail, and a roller adapted to be arranged between the upper jaw and thetop of the rail base and to contact with the rail base and with saidinclined surface.

3. A device of the character described comprising a C-shapedmcmberhaving the lower face of the jaw horizontal and having opening outof the upper face of the jaw a chamber whose upper face is inclined jawOf Which has a horizontal face to en-.

transversely to correspond to the inclination of the upper surface ofthe flange of a rail base and inclined in the longitudinal direction soas to make an angle with the lower versely to correspond to theinclination of the upper surface of the flange of a rail base andinclined in the longitudinal direction so as to make an angle with thelower horizontal face, and a roller arranged in said chamber and havinga diameter less than the height of the shallow end of the chamber abovethe top of a rail base flange resting upon said horizontal surface, thelower member of the jaw having a depression extending from beneath thechamber out through the edge of the jaw.

In testimony whereof, 1 sign this specification in the presence of twowitnesses.

- ALBRO R. HORN. l'Vitnesses J osnrn WVoEnNnLn,

J as. A, CLOCK.

